The prohibition of the Duke of Lancaster he met by an open avowal of his teaching, a confession which closes proudly with the quiet words, "I believe that in the end the truth will conquer." [Sidenote: Rise of Lollardry] For the moment his courage dispelled the panic around him.

The University responded to his appeal, and by displacing his opponents from office tacitly adopted his cause.

But Wyclif no longer looked for support to the learned or wealthier classes on whom he had hitherto relied.

He appealed, and the appeal is memorable as the first of such a kind in our history, to England at large.

With an amazing industry he issued tract after tract in the tongue of the people itself.